OTTO T KREUSSER
ALLISON DIVISION
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA USA

KUNMING CHINA
CABLE DATED APRIL EIGHTH

GREETINGS TO ALL ALLISON ENGINE PLANT WORKERS FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND FIGHTER PILOTS AND GROUND MAINTENANCE CREW OF THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP OPERATING IN CHINA AND BURMA.

OUR PILOTS FLYING CURTISS P-40 PURSUIT AIRPLANES EQUIPPED WITH ALLISON LIQUID COOLED ENGINES HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESFUL IN THEIR FLIGHT OPERATIONS AGAINST THE INVADING JAPANESE AIR FORCE.

YOU MEN AND WOMEN OF ALLISON HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN BUILDING THE ALLISON ENGINE WITH SUCH FINE PRECISION AND CAREFUL WORKMANSHIP WITH THE RESULT THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE LIQUID COOLED ENGINES HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING UNDER THE MOST GRUELING WARTIME FIGHTING CONDITIONS.

EXCELLENT QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS HAVE MADE POSSIBLE THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF THESE ENGINES IN THEIR DOGFIGHTS WITH THE ENEMY OVER THE RICE PADDIES AND JUNGLES OF BURMA AND CHINA IN WHICH WE HAVE DESTROYED OVER TWO HUNDRED JAPANESE PLANES IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND WITHOUT TO OUR KNOWLEDGE LOSING A PILOT OR AIRPLANE DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE.

"YOU KEEP PRODUCING EM AND WE WILL KEEP EM FLYING - LETS GO AMERICA"

VERY SINCERELY YOURS
COLONEL C L CHENNAULT
CHINESE ARMY
COMMANDING AVG

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